Sunayu Acquires Johns Hopkins Startup Fractal Technology

Fractal Technology, a startup founded at Johns Hopkins, was recently acquired by Annapolis Junction–based Sunayu, according to the cofounders.

With the deal, Fractal Technology cofounders JR Charles and Alex Sharatawill join Sunayu, a cyber company focused on big data, cloud analytics and distributed systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Charles and Sharata met while students at Johns Hopkins. With Fractal Technology, they created a “middleware” to automatically implement security controls for mobile apps, with a focus on the government space.